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+use dhall::error::Error as DhallError;
+
+/// Alias for a `Result` with the error type `serde_dhall::Error`.
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+
+/// Errors that can occur when deserializing Dhall data.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Error(pub(crate) ErrorKind);
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) enum ErrorKind {
+    Dhall(DhallError),
+    Deserialize(String),
+}
+
+impl From<ErrorKind> for Error {
+    fn from(kind: ErrorKind) -> Error {
+        Error(kind)
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match &self.0 {
+            ErrorKind::Dhall(err) => write!(f, "{}", err),
+            ErrorKind::Deserialize(err) => write!(f, "{}", err),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+
+impl serde::de::Error for Error {
+    fn custom<T>(msg: T) -> Self
+    where
+        T: std::fmt::Display,
+    {
+        ErrorKind::Deserialize(msg.to_string()).into()
+    }
+}